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Werewolf by Night (1972 1st Series) UK Edition 32UK CBCS 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

9p U.K. Price Variant.

Label #19-2B0F004-020

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9p cover price. "The stalker called Moon Knight!" Written by Doug Moench. Art by Don Perlin. Cover by Gil Kane. Just as Jack Russell plunges into the horror of killing his best friend, the second night strikes and with it comes the stalker called MOON KNIGHT! 32 pages, FC. NOTE: 1st appearance of Moon Knight.

What If (1977 1st Series) 1 FN 6.0

Cover by Ron Wilson and Joe Sinnott. What if Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Jim Craig, inks by Pablo Marcos; Spider-Man becomes a member of the FF; Cameos by Killraven, the Squadron Supreme, and Deathlok. Hostess Fruit Pie ad with the Hulk, pencils by Dave Cockrum. Ad for Richochet Racers with Spider-Man and Captain America. Roy Thomas discusses how the title came about. 48 pgs. Cover price $0.50.

What If (1977 1st Series) 10 CBCS 9.8

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition

Label #20-02CDC8D-008

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Cover art by John Buscema. What if Jane Foster had Found -- the Hammer of Thor?, script by Don Glut, pencils by Rick Hoberg, inks by Dave Hunt; Jane Foster finds the Hammer instead of Don Blake and becomes "Thordis." Hostess Fruit Pie ad with Spider-Man, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

What If (1977 1st Series) 10 VG/FN 5.0

Cover art by John Buscema. What if Jane Foster had Found -- the Hammer of Thor?, script by Don Glut, pencils by Rick Hoberg, inks by Dave Hunt; Jane Foster finds the Hammer instead of Don Blake and becomes "Thordis." Hostess Fruit Pie ad with Spider-Man, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

What If (1977 1st Series) 10 CBCS 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Newsstand Edition Cover Detached

Label #23-14ED31C-009

Cover art by John Buscema. What if Jane Foster had Found -- the Hammer of Thor?, script by Don Glut, pencils by Rick Hoberg, inks by Dave Hunt; Jane Foster finds the Hammer instead of Don Blake and becomes "Thordis." Hostess Fruit Pie ad with Spider-Man, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

What If (1977 1st Series) 14 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4377862022

Cover pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Joe Sinnott. What if Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos had Fought World War II in Outer Space, script by Gary Friedrich (plot) and Don Glut (script), pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Pablo Marcos; In a reality where technology was move advanced, Fury and his men fight a space war in 1941. Hostess Twinkies ad with Spider-Man. 48 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

What If (1977 1st Series) 29N CBCS 5.5 SS McLeod

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Witnessed Signature: Bob McLeod on 9/19/2021. Newsstand Edition

Label #21-462D29B-007

Newsstand Edition. Cover art by Michael Golden. "What If...the Avengers Were the Last Superheroes on Earth?", script by Steven Grant, pencils by Alan Kupperberg (breakdowns) and Al Gordon (finished art), inks by Al Gordon; The Avengers must defeat all other super-powered beings on Earth; Starring Thor, Iron Man, the Hulk, Giant Man, and the Wasp. Cameos by Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom, the original X-men, Daredevil, Magneto, Electro, Doctor Octopus, Doctor Strange, and other assorted characters! "The Search for the Great Refuge!", script by Peter Gillis, pencils by Ron Wilson (breakdowns) and Joe Sinnott (finished art), inks by Joe Sinnott (figures); How the Eternals helped the Inhumans found the Great Refuge. "What If...Sub-Mariner Never Regained His Memory?", script by Steven Grant, pencils by Rick Buckler (breakdowns) and Bob McLeod (finished art), inks by Bob McLeod; The Human Torch never discovers Namor, so on this world the amnesiac Namor becomes a crew member on a ship searching for the fabled entrance to the center of the Earth. "Spider-Man Vs. the Human Computer!" ad for Hostess Cup Cakes. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.75.

Wolverine (1982 Limited Series) 1D CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4188704005

Direct Edition. 1 of 4 Featuring Wolverine in his first solo series fighting in Japan. "Wolverine." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Miller/Rubinstein cover. Back cover MegaForce ad with art by William Stout. Cover price $0.60.

Wolverine (1982 Limited Series) 1D CBCS 9.4 SS Miller/ CLaremont

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Signed By Frank Miller and Chris Claremont.

Label #16-16205E5-001

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Direct Edition. 1 of 4 Featuring Wolverine in his first solo series fighting in Japan. "Wolverine." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Miller/Rubinstein cover. Back cover MegaForce ad with art by William Stout. Cover price $0.60.

Wolverine (1982 Limited Series) 1N CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #3896281013

Newsstand Edition. 1 of 4 Featuring Wolverine in his first solo series fighting in Japan. "Wolverine." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Miller/Rubinstein cover. Back cover MegaForce ad with art by William Stout. Cover price $0.60.

Wolverine (1982 Limited Series) 1N CGC 9.0

Paper: White

Label #3915783014

Newsstand Edition. 1 of 4 Featuring Wolverine in his first solo series fighting in Japan. "Wolverine." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Miller/Rubinstein cover. Back cover MegaForce ad with art by William Stout. Cover price $0.60.

Wolverine (1982 Limited Series) 4D FN/VF 7.0

Name written on splash page.

Direct Edition. Wolverine's Japanese adventure concludes in "Honor." Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein. Miller/Rubinstein cover. Cover price $0.60.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 207 FN 6.0

Cover pencils by Ric Estrada, inks by Vince Colletta. "The Riddle of the Chinese Mummy Case!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ric Estrada, inks by Vince Colletta; Wonder Woman goes back in time to ancient China to aid a princess and to discover why a statue of Wonder Woman was found in a 2000-year-old mummy case. "The Four Dooms!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Ric Estrada, inks by Vince Colletta; Inventa, a criminal scientist sentenced to Transformation Island, escapes her Venus Girdle with a special key of her devising, liberates the rest of the prisoners, and takes Paradise Island by force; Then she sentences Wonder Woman and Queen Hippolyta to the Island of Four Dooms; This a re-imaginating of an Earth-Two Wonder Woman story originally presented in Wonder Woman #33. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 235 CGC 9.6

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Label #4377861005

Wonder Woman battles the Nazis in World War II in "The Biology Bomb!" Script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Jose Delbo, inks by Vince Colletta. Dr. Mid-Nite guest stars. Full-page Mr. Miracle ad with art by Marshall Rogers. One-page text feature covers the original Swamp Thing by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson. Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez cover pencils, Colletta cover inks. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 242 CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Label #4377861014

Wonder Woman's close encounter with..."Tomorrow's Gods and Demons." Written by Jack C. Harris, with art by Jose Delbo and Joe Giella. (Note: World War II ends.) Characters: Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Etta Candy; Steve Trevor; Hippolyte; Dr. Fate (cameo); Spectre (cameo); Angle Man [Earth-1] (cameo). Cover by Rich Buckler and Vince Colletta. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

World's Finest (1941) 222 CBCS 5.5

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Label #19-1d88571-083

Cover art by Nick Cardy. Evil in Paradise starring Super Sons of Superman and Batman, script by Bob Haney, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Vince Colletta; The super-sons accompany two scientists with opposing views on the essential nature of man - good or evil - to a newly discovered civilization between South America and Antarctica; But when the experiment doesn't go the way one scientist expects, he interferes in it with deadly results. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Wulf the Barbarian (1975 Atlas) 1 CBCS 8.0 SS Larry Hama

Paper: White

Witnessed Signature: Larry Hama on 3/23/2021.

Label #21-21F13CC-025

"Wulf the Barbarian." Script and pencils by Larry Hama, inks by Klaus Janson. The savage warrior Wulf seeks revenge on the troll who murdered his royal parents and sent him into exile. Part of the short-lived Atlas line from former Marvel publisher Martin Goodman. 32 pages. Cover by Hama and Janson. Cover price $0.25.

Yosemite Sam (1970 Gold Key) 28 CGC 9.4

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)

Label #4346189011

Number/month on cover: 90263-506, no month listed. Comic starring the Warner Bros. cartoon character Yosemite Sam with other cartoon characters, usually Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Issue features "Sail Power," "I Want Revenge," "Seawed Sal," and "Kid-Zapped." Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.25.